Letters to the Editor | Thursday, September 2,2010

2010

THANK A BUILDER While our local media outlets often cover the many contributions made by our community’s working men and women, I hope that for Labor Day we can highlight the efforts of a part

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 26,2010

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COAL ISN’T THE ANSWERThe Taylorville coal plant [see “The dirty business of ‘clean coal,’” by Rachel Wells, Aug. 19] costs are high both in terms of government bailout mo

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 19,2010

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WHO’S THE BACKUP?Today’s IT mentions The Who was at the State Fair in 1968 [see “The Grandstand: 50 years of entertainment at the Illinois State Fair,” Aug. 12]. They were actu

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 12,2010

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{image-9079} SHARE THE TRACKSWhile the author of “Slower than a speeding bullet” [by James Krohe Jr., Aug. 5] makes salient points about the competing concerns of passenger versus fr

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 5,2010

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PUPPY LOVEThanks for the wonderful article on the wonderful work that Wade Kammin is accomplishing [see “Sit, stay, go,” July 29]. Being a puppy raiser is a task much like raising a child.

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 29,2010

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Birth records, drunk drivers and crime prevention

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OPEN BIRTH RECORDSNo state has ever guaranteed, by law, the anonymity of relinquishing parents [see “Birth records opened, but not enough,” by Jackson Adams, IT, July 15]. But all states d

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 22,2010

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BAGWELL’S BUCKSTim Bagwell wants to go to Congress and spend money [see Guestwork, July 15]. He envisions expanded rail carrying manufactured freight, but fails to identify or suggest how Illino

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 15,2010

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PREVENTION EDUCATIONThis is an excellent article [“Gaining on drunk drivers,” by Jolonda Young, July 8]. However, there is a key piece that is missing – alcohol prevention education.

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 8,2010

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RETIREMENT AGERecently, U.S. Rep John Boehner, House minority leader, said that he thought we should raise the retirement age to 70 in order to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This raising o

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 1,2010

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BREAK THE CHAINI am writing about an issue that has gone unaddressed for too long — that of the perpetually chained or penned, so-called “outside” or “backyard” dog. Ther